B24 Liberator #42-52034

[po8eer]

back in 1944, my Masonic Lodge raised $1.6M in War Bonds. the reward for this effort was to have the above plane named after our Lodge. it was so named THE AMICABLE. of course the first crew that took over the plane renamed it but the number remained the same. I've traced it to Kingman AFB where it was sent for scrap or salvage in December 1945 after only 14 months. all of this back story is leading up to this question. with my plane gone but others available in the boneyard, does anyone know what it would cost to: (1) repaint the tail number and the nose art (2) disassemble the wings for shipment (3) load on a flatbed for transport to Maryland (4) reassemble wings for permanent display.

[Zack Baughman]

There are no B-24s left in "boneyard" storage. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is the home of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the sole aircraft boneyard and parts reclamation facility for all excess military and government aircraft. There are no WWII aircraft left at AMARG. That being said, there are a number of reputable nose art specialists around the country who you could pay to fabricate a B-24 nose panel and replicate the artwork from "The Amicable."

One in particular has made a full-size B-24 panel in the past: http://fightingcolors.com/Companypag...hull_panel.htm